Best-practices, Guidelines and Vision from the Enterprise PLM think-tank at Oracle

Wednesday Jul 24, 2013

Last week Oracle and Kalypso jointly held a webcast showcasing some of the inspiring ways companies leverage Agile Product Lifecycle Management applications as a foundation for comprehensive Enterprise Quality Management. If you happened to miss it, don't fret! The webcast is now available On-Demand.

Why should you watch this webcast?

Product quality is a powerful differentiator: surveys consistently prove it is a top influence in consumer buying decisions. And since technology has made quality ratings so easily accessible to the market, companies are under increasing pressure to ensure the highest possible quality and to resolve issues quickly. But many companies are not fully equipped to manage this dynamic. Is your organization prepared to confidently design quality and compliance into your new products, and quickly access, analyze and resolve problems when they surface anywhere in your value chain? To prevent poor quality from affecting great products, leading brands take a comprehensive approach to managing both supplier and product quality, deploying Product Quality Management (PQM) solutions as a part of their overall Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) roadmap. Please take a moment to watch this On-Demand Product Quality Webcast with speakers Joe Erickson of Oracle and Fred Brown of Kalypso featuring an informative discussion on how Agile PLM and PLM for Process can help your company prepare for and manage your product quality and regulatory requirements.

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Tuesday Mar 13, 2012

We’ve heard from several Agile PLM customers in the news lately, so in case you've missed these, here are a handpicked few to know:

Herbalifewas the focus of the “Best Practices in Innovation” feature in the February 2012 edition of the Consumer Goods Technology publication.Herbalife is a consumer goods companies offering products for weight management, targeted nutrition, energy and fitness, and skin and hair care.The company achieved record sales in 2010, and continues to face growing product complexity as they delve into new markets and improve their offerings.Gary Swanson, Vice President of Corporate Quality, says, “PLM allows the company to operate unimpeded, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on product development and other activities.”They use the Agile PLM solution, particularly the Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics application, to improve decision support across the enterprise while tracking product changes with built-in capabilities, like audit train and sign-off history, which are requirements in a compliance and regulated industry.The CGT article can be found here.

Oracle is partnering with Krogerand Kalypsoto help companies understand the changes and stay ahead of the curve on“Are You Ready for New Food Safety Regulatory Requirements?”, a live webcast March 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. PDT. Fred Brown, a partner at Kalypso and an expert in regulatory compliance and quality issues facing private label retail and food manufacturers, will address how organizations can leverage product lifecycle management (PLM) to meet regulatory requirements. Bob Hosfeld, senior manager at Kroger Corporate Food Technology and Wes Frierson, director of PLM product strategy at Oracle, will join Brown as they discuss new regulations that challenge manufacturer compliance screening. Additionally, the webcast will highlight how PLM systems can respond to new regulatory requirements from the FDA, customers or consumer groups.To learn more and register, clickhere.

Oracle is also partnering withGoEngineerand M/A COM Technology Solutionsin a live webcast on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. PDT entitled, “Implement World-Class PLM Quickly and Effectively…Really!” Greg Katai, Sr. PLM Consultant at GoEngineer, will share the benefits of Agile PLM and how you can quickly and cost-effectively implement the solution for your business.Phil Stathas, Director of Information Technology with M/A COM Technology Solutions, will share their insight as a customer achieving significant value from the solution.To learn more and register, click here.

Atrium adheres to ISO 13485 quality standards, which define a comprehensive management system for medical device design and manufacturing. It is also committed to advancing discovery and driving product development and manufacturing innovation. To continue to meet these objectives as it grew rapidly, Atrium looked to accelerate and further standardize engineering change order (ECO) processes for its medical devices, as well as create a closed-loop corrective and preventive quality-event process to enable root cause analysis and drive improvement, moving forward.

Atrium worked with Oracle Insight, which assessed the company’s product lifecycle management (PLM) processes and helped it define an effective IT platform strategy to optimize product collaboration and quality management. The medical device manufacturer deployed Oracle’s Agile PLM solutions, including Agile Product Collaboration and Agile Product Quality Management, in 2010―standardizing processes, improving collaboration and communication, and accelerating ECOs and time to market. In the first year of deployment, Atrium reduced ECO cycle time by 48%, even as the number of change orders increased nearly 15%.

We’re honored to have such successful customers willing to share their experiences with us all.If you’re a customer interested in sharing your story too, please let us know!